§ 85.38.001 Actions subject to review by boundary review board
§ 85.38.005 Purpose
§ 85.38.010 Definitions
§ 85.38.020 Establishment of special districts — Petition or resolution — Contents
§ 85.38.030 Investigation of proposed boundaries and districts — Report
§ 85.38.040 Proposed special districts — Public hearing — Notice
§ 85.38.050 Public hearing — Elections
§ 85.38.060 Elections — Notice — Costs
§ 85.38.070 Governing board — Terms of office — Election — Appointment — Vacancies — Qualifications
§ 85.38.075 Governing body — Compensation and expenses
§ 85.38.080 Governing body — Bond
§ 85.38.090 Governing body — Reduction in size
§ 85.38.100 General elections
§ 85.38.105 Voting rights
§ 85.38.110 Presumed eligible voters’ list — Notice of requirements of voting authority — Copy of voter’s list to county auditor
§ 85.38.115 Elections — When not required
§ 85.38.120 Elections — Auditor’s assistance — Notice — Auditor’s costs
§ 85.38.125 Elections — Auditor to conduct
§ 85.38.127 Elections — Special flood control districts — Qualified voters
§ 85.38.130 Election officials — Duties — Voting hours — Challenged ballots — Absentee ballots
§ 85.38.140 Special district financing — Alternative method
§ 85.38.145 Rates and charges
§ 85.38.150 Special assessments — Valuation — Assessment zones — Criteria for assessments
§ 85.38.160 Systems of assessment — Hearing — Notice — Adoption of ordinance — Appeals — Review — Emergency assessment
§ 85.38.165 Applicable assessed value
§ 85.38.170 Budgets — Special assessments — Notice — Delinquent special assessments — Collection fee
§ 85.38.180 Special districts — Powers
§ 85.38.190 Construction of improvements — When public bidding not required — Use of district employees or volunteers
§ 85.38.200 Annexation of contiguous territory — Procedures
§ 85.38.210 Consolidation of contiguous districts — Procedures
§ 85.38.213 Withdrawal of area within city or town
§ 85.38.215 Transfer of territory from one special district to another
§ 85.38.217 Drainage and drainage improvement districts — Removal of area by first-class city — Notice
§ 85.38.220 Suspension of operations — Procedure — Reactivation
§ 85.38.225 Alternative dissolution procedure — Drainage and drainage improvement districts — Conditions
§ 85.38.230 Special assessment bonds authorized
§ 85.38.240 Special assessment bonds — Issuance — Terms
§ 85.38.250 Special assessment bonds — Guaranty fund
§ 85.38.260 Special assessment bonds — Refunding
§ 85.38.270 Special assessment bonds issued prior to July 1, 1986
§ 85.38.280 Cooperative watershed management
§ 85.38.290 Flood control districts — Three or more counties — Governing body
§ 85.38.901 Construction — Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships — 2009 c 521
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